𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 (𝐎𝐜 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐞𝐦! 𝐱 𝐌𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐨 𝐓𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐭𝐨)

Chapter 17

"The Sword Smith Village?"

"Yeah! I heard there was a hot spring there! We should go together Kazuma-chan!" Mitsuri told me in front of my door.

"But I don't need a new katana." I said.

"Still! It will be fun I promise! Now pack your stuff we're leaving in ten minutes!" Mitsuri ran inside my house and went to my room.

"I do need a break I guess." I turned my body and walked to my room closing the door behind me.

When I get in my room I see Mitsuri taking out a lot of clothing from my closet and placing them on my bed humming a sweet tone.

"Alright I think that's enough! I'll ask for a kakushi to lead us to the village using my crow! Now put these in a bag and let's go!" She leaves the room and goes outside my mansion. I go up to my bed and see piles of clothing in front of me. Are we really going to stay there for a long time?

Either way I don't think it would matter if I pack so much.

I put the clothing in a large bag and bring it outside in front of my door.

I see a kakushi in front of me seeming to wait for me, "Hello Lord Nakamura. I will bring you to the village but first I need to give you something." The kakushi takes out a blind fold ear plugs and nose plugs.

"I need you to put these on because the village is very hidden." I nod and take the stuff from her. I remove my normal ear plugs and put the other ones in my ears. I plug my nose and cover my eyes with the blindfold.

I quickly take out an ear plug and ask a question, "who's going to bring my stuff over there?"

"Another Kakushi." She answers. I nod and put the ear plug back in. Right when I do so I get put on the kakushi's back and she starts to run to the destination.

We had to make pit stops to put me on another Kakushi for a few times till I actually got there.

When I did arrive I was greeted by Mitsuri who was waiting for me at the entrance.

"You finally arrived! It took a while for you to arrive after me Kazuma-chan!" Mitsuri said running over to me.

"Come on let's meet the chief he is both our sword smith after all!" She said smiling. She grabbed my hand and started to run over to the chiefs

-time skip-

After I met my sword smith for the first time in real life, Mitsuri wanted us to go to the hot springs to hangout and have 'girl talk' with each other.

Me and Mitsuri have our own rooms in the inn we are staying at. Mitsuri insisted that we share a room but I didn't really want to.

When we go to the hot spring Mitsuri automatically took off her clothes and jumped in the water.

"Come Kazuma-chan it's nice in here!" I feel embarrassed to go in the water with Mitsuri, I've never actually been in a hot spring with someone before actually.

"Okay give me a second." I take off my clothing and go in as well trying to cover myself as much as I can.

It's okay. She's a girl also so I shouldn't be scared to go in the hot spring with her right?

When I get in I sink down till only my eyes are above water, "Kazuma-chan are you not comfortable?" Mitsuri asked. I turn my head to her but didn't nod or shake my head.

I rise up till my chest is covered by the water, "I'm not used to being in a hot spring with someone else." Mitsuri scoots closer to me.

"Can I braid your hair Kazuma-chan?" I nod and turn my back to her.

She starts to hum a calming melody while she was braiding my hair. I liked it whenever she did that.

Mitsuri separated my hair into two parts and started on the left side.

"Kazuma-chan, how did you get the scar?"

"What scar?"

"On your left arm. I've never seen it before."

I raise my left arm and see the scar on it. She's talking about the one Yuta gave me, "It's a long story. I don't want to say it right now." I put my hand back down and look forward.

Mitsuri finished the first side of my hair and started with the other side.

"So... how are you and Muichiro doing?" That's a random question. Why would she ask something like that?

"Okay. I guess."

"Oh come on there has to be more than just okay Kazuma-chan. How about your guys relationship."

Relationship? I haven't thought about that before. Well we did grow close a lot the past two years together.

"I guess we grew closer these past years. He's the person I'm closest to. I trust him the most out of everyone in the corps also." I told Mitsuri. She just finished the other side of my hair.

"Well... have you ever thought of him more than a friend Kazuma-chan~" Mitsuri started to giggle and blush.

I turned my body towards her and said, "What do you mean by that?"

"Like do you like him? You know like like him?"

"Are you plotting something Mitsuri-chan? If so I don't like it." I frowned and she just sighed in sadness.

"Sigh... I don't know if I like him like that or not Mitsuri-chan. I never was interested in romance or something like that." I stood up and got out of the hot spring putting a towel around my body.

"Are you leaving right now Kazuma-chan... we just got in..." Mitsuri so to me.

"I'm just going to change and walk around the village and stuff I can meet up with you later." I grabbed my clothing and walked away going to a private room to change into my clothing.

I changed into a snow blue kimono with a white haori on top of it. I kept my braids in because they looked nice as they weee right now.

I got out of the room and started to walk back to the inn I was staying at.

"Kazuma?"

I turned around to the voice that called my name.

"Muichiro?"

Taisho Era Secrets!:

-Kazuma has five scars on her body.

-Muichiro was going to ask Kazuma to go to the Sword Smith village with him but she was already gone when he went to her house.

-The kimono she is wearing was gifted by Mitsuri herself.